Post by Administrator on Aug 3, 2020 14:46:31 GMT
Kelso war hero Jock Ker has been awarded a second medal from Russia for his service in the Arctic convoys that helped bring about Germany’s defeat on the Second World War’s eastern front.
Jock, 96, was called up in 1943 by the Royal Navy and went on to serve aboard the Liverpool-based sloop HMS Wild Goose as a stoker, taking part in April 1944 in an Arctic convoy escorting merchant ships carrying supplies to Murmansk.
Jock, 96, was called up in 1943 by the Royal Navy and went on to serve aboard the Liverpool-based sloop HMS Wild Goose as a stoker, taking part in April 1944 in an Arctic convoy escorting merchant ships carrying supplies to Murmansk.
He’s been sent a second medal by the Russian Federation to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allies’ victory over the Nazis and Japanese, and a letter accompanying it thanks him for helping deliver “at least 7,000 airplanes, 5,000 tanks, trucks, tyres, fuel, food, medicine, clothes, metals and other raw materials”.
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Jock, 96, was called up in 1943 by the Royal Navy and went on to serve aboard the Liverpool-based sloop HMS Wild Goose as a stoker, taking part in April 1944 in an Arctic convoy escorting merchant ships carrying supplies to Murmansk.
Jock, 96, was called up in 1943 by the Royal Navy and went on to serve aboard the Liverpool-based sloop HMS Wild Goose as a stoker, taking part in April 1944 in an Arctic convoy escorting merchant ships carrying supplies to Murmansk.
He’s been sent a second medal by the Russian Federation to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allies’ victory over the Nazis and Japanese, and a letter accompanying it thanks him for helping deliver “at least 7,000 airplanes, 5,000 tanks, trucks, tyres, fuel, food, medicine, clothes, metals and other raw materials”.
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